home. captioning sponsored by cbs ♪ >> o'donnell: tonight, israeli warplanes pound gaza as the deadly conflict en with little n immediate cease fire. buildings in gaza reduced to rubble. rescuers pulling survivors out of debris. the death toll tonight, ten israelis, more than 200 palestinians, including dozens of children. and hamas shoots more than 3,000 rockets as israel vows to not let up. plus breaking news, president biden calls for a cease fire in a phone call with the israeli prime minister. mask mess, the confusion tonight as some cities and states choose to keep their mask mandates d businesses are stuck in the middle. abortion showdown, the supreme

t to hear the most direct challenge to roe v wade in a generation. plea deal: a friend of republican congressman matt gaetz pleads guilty to federal charges that include sex trafficking of a minor. is the clock now ticking for gaetz? wildfire danger, flames and smoke sweep through an l.a. neighborhood, a thousand people evacuated, was arson to blame? the employment mystery, at a time when millions are unemployed, why are so many jobs going unfilled? and why so many women say they can't go back to work. flash flooding in the deep south. tiger found. remember tss well guess where he is now? and an emotional tribute to kobe bryant from his widow. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting

from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. we're going to begin tonight with the deadliest 24 hours in the conflict between israel and hamas militants, and the growing calls for the u.s. to intervene in what many fear is rapidly becoming a humanitarian crisis. as we come on the air, israeli warplanes continue to pound gaza, destroying the network of underground tunnels used by hamas, reducing entire buildings to rubble and killing more than 200. hamas is not letting up its assault either, bombarding israeli cities with rockets as sirens sound and residents run for cover. and with the death toll on both sides mounting and many palestinians in gaza now without clean water or fuel, the white house says it is engaging in "quiet intensive diplomacy." but tonight, members of the president's own party say those efforts need to be much louder and are calling for the u.s. to help broker a peace.

mr. biden has just spoken to the israeli prime minister, and cbs' ed o'keefe will have new information from the white house in just a moment. but first, cbs' imtiaz tyab is going to lead off our coverage on the ground in tel aviv. good evening, imtiaz. >> reporter: norah, good evening. we're entering week two of the crisis and people inside gaza have been telling us that israel's bombings are unlike anything they've ever seen before, and neither side are showing any sign of letting up from their attacks. ( explosion ) israel says it's being surgical in its strikes, but driving through the palestinian territory, it looks anything but. major infrastructure and homes reduced to rubble in an instant. as the increasingly bloody conflict with hamas moves intol lledng, at least 200 palestinians havenled including more than 60 children. in the southern israeli town of ashdod, this house took a direct hit from a hamas rocket.

this man says "it can't continue like this. we want to attack gaza so that they are left without weapons to launch at us." israel's iron dome missile defense system has intercepted the vast majority of the over 3,000 rockets fired by hamas, but not all. since fighting began, ten israelis, including two children, have been killed. the spark that lit the inferno that is this latest war in gaza was here in bitterly contested east jerusalem, where the looming evictions of palestinian families continues to provoke fury, fury which erupted again over the weekend during what palestinians call "nakba" or catastrophe day protests marking the loss of palestinian territory in 1948 with the creation of israel. the looming evictions of eight palestinian families by jewish settlers has only inflamedish settlers has only inf tensions. jad hammad faces expulsion from the house his family has lived in since the 1950's. >> this is not the first time or

the second time. it's going to be the third time for us. >> reporter: tonight, hamas is vowing to rain fire here on tel aviv, unless israel ends its bombing campaign in gaza. norah. >> o'donnell: imtiaz tyab, thank you. and president biden just spoke with israeli prime m with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu tonight. that's their second phone call since saturday. the president is expressing support for a cease fire. it comes as fellow democrats are urging him to do more to stop the violence. cbs' ed o'keefe reports tonight from the white house. >> reporter: the white house tonight is under increasing pressure to speak out more forcefully against the israeli strikes, with the number of dead and wounded palestinians far outpacing the number of israeli victims. >> free, free palestine! >> reporter: thousands rallied in support of the palestinians in multiple cities across the u.s. this weekend and nearly 30 democratic senators, including connecticut's chris murphy, released a statement sunday calling for an immediate cease fire. >> there isn't really a path to peace without the united states

playing a role, and so, i hope that the biden team is going to be very active over the next few days to try to wind down these hostilities. >> reporter: one-time biden rival bernie sanders also said the u.s. should stop supporting netanyahu, while new york congresswoman alexandria ocasio- cortez questions if u.s. aid is contributing to violence inflicted on palestinians. when members of his own party share the belief that he is giving too much credence to israel in this situation, are they wrong? >> our role as the white house, as the federal government, is to play a constructive role in diplomacy, to have intensive quiet discussions with leaders in the region. >> reporter: but that sort of approach with netanyahu may not work, as he signaled no plans to change tactics against hamas sunday. >> we're not just going to let them get away with it, and neither would you. >> reporter: palestinian dplomat rashid areikat says president biden has to do more. >> i think the united states and the international community need

to work more diligently to rein in israel and tell them enough is enough. >> reporter: earlier today, secretary of state anthony blinken told reporters he hadn't seen intelligence suggesting that hamas was hiding inside a tower destroyed by israel over the weekend. the tower housed the associated press and other news outlets, sparking outrage. late today they walked it back while saying while the secretary hadn't personally seen the intelligence, others in the government have. norah. >> o'donnell: ed o'keefe, thank you. this weekend may have looked different for many of you. people without masks and teens getting vaccinated. president biden announced that, by tomorrow, 60% of americans will have received at least one dose of the vaccine, but the new c.d.c. guidance about masks is still causing confusion. cbs' meg oliver reports from outside philadelphia. >> reporter: tonight with more people getting vaccinated and the number of new covid cases down sharply over the last nth, at t stes ar adting the new.c. guidelines and dropping mask mandtes for thccy.

some right away and others, like massachusetts, wait ago few more weeks. two states, new jersey and hawaii, will require masks indoors indefinitely. no masks are required in pennsylvania except in philadelphia. >> right now the data, the science shows us that it is safe for vaccinated people to take off their masks. >> reporter: but the largest nurses union disagrees, and is calling for a reversal. and now there's not only confusion over what the rules are, but how to enforce them. >> there's no way for retail food workers to determine when somebody walks into a retail t operation whether or not they have been vaccinated. >> why aren't you letting me in? >> reporter: video filmed by former child actor ricky schroder as he tried to enter a california costco with no mask. >> i'm getting a refund from costco. >> reporter: california has a mask mandate until june 15 evenn though other cost dose have developed the mask policy in

though other costco's have dropped the mask policy in states where it's not required. >> i think everyone is going to lie so they don't have to put it on. >> reporter: dr. ashish jha said he agrees with the c.d.c. lifting the outdoor mandate, but it's too soon to lift the indoor one. >> outdoor mandates make zero sense now. it's about indoor settings and the next few weeks. >> reporter: target kept the mask mandate in place until they reviewed the updated c.d.c. guidance. now it's the latest being box store to announce they won't require a mask for fully vaccinated customers or staff. for enforcement, they're relying on the honor system. norah. >> o'donnell: meg oliver, thank you. tonight the debate over abortion rights is back in the national spotlight. the supreme court says it will take up the most direct challenge to "roe v. wade" in a generation this fall. cbs' jan crawford reports on what's at stake. >> reporter: on one of the most al case pave the way for the strictest

restrictions on abortion since the court ruled in 1973 that women had a constitutional right to the procedure. at issue, a mississippi law that would ban almost all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. it's similar to bans recently passed in other conservative- leaning states, all designed to get the newly conservative supreme court to confront "roe v. wade" head on. lower courts have struck down the bans as unconstitutionalns u under existing supreme court decisions, which generally prohibit restrictions until after the second trimester, about six months, when the fetus can live outside the womb. >> i will appoint judges that will be pro-life. >> reporter: but with three justices appointed by president trump, conservatives have what could be the most solid majority in modern history. two of them, justices brett kavanaugh and amy coney barrett, replaced justices who had refused to overturn or greatly restrict "row." as is standard, neither gave any signs during their confirmation hearings on how they would rule on abortion. >> my position as a judge,

there's 45 years of precedent. >> reporter: barrett, the most openly anti abortion rights of the justices, said she would set aside her personal views and follow the constitution. >> but i do see as distinct my personal moral religious views and my task of applying the law as a judge as a judge. >> reporter: mos >> reporter: most conservatives don't believe that the constitution contains a right to an abortion. the question is whether "roe" and the other decisions are so settled that the court will refuse to re-think all that to allow the sweeping restrictions. norah. >> o'donnell: a lot of peoplect. norah. >> watching that. jan crawford, thank you. today a key figure in the federal investigation of florida republican congressman matt gaetz pleaded guilty to several charges, including sex trafficking of a minor. so, what does this mean for congressman gaetz? here's cbs' kris van cleave. >> reporter: no sign of matt gaetz outside his washington, d.c., office, but his name hunge over the courthouse as the man

sources tell cbs news he once described as his wingman, joel greenberg, pleaded guilty to six federal charges including se one underage girl to have sex with him and other men. greenberg, who appeared in a dark blue prison jumpsuit, and was once the elected tax collector in seminole county, admitting to conucting more than 150 transactions totalingn0 transactions totaling more than $70,000 more than $70,000 for sex. he did not specifically mention the congressman, but has agreed to cooperate with federal investigators looking into gaetz's behavior. his attorney, fritz scheller. >> does my client have information that could hurt an elected official? this is just, you know, must-see television, you will just have to wait and see. >> reporter: multiple sources see. >> reporter: multi-million sour familiar with the matter tell cbs news one of the men greenberg introduced the minor to was gaetz, and federal investigators are now looking into whether the congressman had a sexual relationship with her when she was 17, something gaetz has repeatedly denied. here is gaetz speaking at a

g.o.p. rally this weekend. >> i'm being falsely accused of exchanging money for naughty favors. >> reporter: sources say thes se woman als woman also traveled to the bahamas with gaetz in 2018 or 2019 with at least three other paid escorts when she was 18. >> matt gaetz is really facing a formidable adversary in the government if joel greenberg is going to name him. >> reporter: the congressman denies any wrongdoing. greenberg's plea deal calls for him to do at least 12 years behind bars. the sentence will be ultimately up to the judge with sentencing expected later this summer. norah. >> o'donnell: kris van cleave, thank you. and tonight an intense and dangerous storm system is taking aim at a good part of louisiana. in lake charles, the rainfall reached halfway up the sides of cars and higher. yes, that is a car, under all the water. still, it didn't stop one man from going out for a walk. and customers at a restaurant didn't seem fazed by the high water.

these storms are expected to last for another day. tonight firefighters are out in force in southern california fighting an out of control wildfire that appears to have been set intentionally. cbs' jonathan vigliotti reports. >> reporter: the next 24 hours are crucial, as firefighters battle a stubborn wildfire that's burning dangerously close to the pacific palisades, one of l.a.'s most desirable neighborhoods. >> it's about 75 years since we've had a fire there. some of the brush is 20-30 feet high. >> reporter: more than 1,300 acres burned since friday when a police helicopter pilot saw fires burning in more than one spot, raising suspicions of arson. about 1,000 residents remain evacuated while other home owners nervously watch and wait. cloud cover halted water drops for several hours and fire officials say california's extreme drought is fueling unusual brushfires like this one so early in the year.

>> it was raining out here and the fire is still burning. our wind speed was below ten miles per hour, but we still had active fire. >> reporter: and that fire is so remote that crews have to hike up in order to reach it, and you can see the air drop right now. the conditions here are so volatile that fire activity is up more than 600% compared to this time last year. norah. >> o'donnell: jonathan vigliotti, thank you. well, tonight, help-wanted signs are up from coast to coast as america emerges from covid shutdowns. but there are few takers as millions of jobs go unfilled. we asked cbs' jamie yuccas to find out why. >> reporter: the customers are starting to come back to dupar's diner, but owner francis tario says the people who serve them, are not. tario struggled to stay opent. tario struggled to sta during the early days of the pandemic, laying off 100 employees. now that things are improving,

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